@article{312856, author = {Steinbeck, John,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/312856}, title = {East of Eden /}, publisher = {Penguin Books,}, abstract = {This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.}, recid = {312856}, pages = {601 p. ;}, address = {New York :}, year = {2002}, }